www.wisc.edu/wisconsinpress/poetryguide.html The University of Wisconsin Press awards the Brittingham Prize in Poetry and the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry. Each winning poet will receive $2,500 ($1,000 cash prize and $1,500 honorarium to cover expenses of reading in Madison). Prizes are awarded annually to the two best book-length manuscripts of original poetry submitted in an open competition. Each manuscript submitted will be considered for...

http://www.princemere.com/contest08.html Princemere Poetry Journal announces its 2008 poetry prize of $250 for the single best poem submitted to the competition. $250 and publication for the best unpublished poem in any style September 30, 2008 postmark deadline (hard copies only) Entry fee: $5 for three poems All submissions considered for publication (author will be contacted for permission) Princemere staff and their family members are not...

Enid Shomer, Series Editor http://www.uapress.com/geninfo/guidelines.html Announcing! The University of Arkansas Press’s Inaugural $5000 Miller Williams Poetry Prize For submissions in September and October of 2008 One finalist and three semi-finalists will be awarded in 2010 In addition to the Prize the finalist will give a featured reading at the Arkansas Festival of Writers sponsored by the University’s Programs in Creative Writing and...

The Yellowwood Prize for Poetry Winner receives $500 and publication in the 2009 issue. Entries will be judged by Ann Fisher-Wirth. The Barry Hannah Prize for Fiction Winner receives $500 and publication in the 2009 issue. Entries will be judged by Padgett Powell. All submissions must be accompanied by a $10 reading fee (includes 2009 subscription), and a SASE. Submissions must be postmarked no later than October 15, 2008. Send all entries to:...

$1,000 and publication to the winning short story, poem, or essay on any theme or subject. All genres welcome. http://georgetownreview.georgetowncollege.edu/grcontest.htm Submissions must be postmarked by on or before November 15, 2008. Entry fee is $10 for the first entry, $5 for each entry thereafter. One poem, story, or essay counts as one entry. Please make out checks or money orders to “Georgetown Review.” If you want your work...

PRISM REVIEW invites submissions for its inaugural poetry prize. Prize: $250 plus publication. Fee: $10 (includes 1-year subscription to PRISM REVIEW). Judge: Neil Aitken, author of The Lost Country of Sight, winner of the 2007 Philip Levine Prize (Anhinga Press 2008). Submissions must be postmarked between October 1 to December 15. Submissions are limited to three poems (five pages maximum). Include SASE for return of manuscript or...